William shingleton



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W; SHINGLETON;

RIDING HABIT.

No. 488,776. Patented Dec. 27, 1892'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WVILLIAM SHINGLETON, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

RIDING-HABIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,776, dated December 27, 1892.

Application filed November 2. 1892. Serial 110.450,?44. (No specimens.) Patented in England October 2, 1891. No, 16,758, and in France November 7, 1891, No. 217,269.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM SHINGLETON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riding-Habits, (for which Letters Patent have been granted in Great Britain, dated October 2, 1891, No. 16,758, and in France, dated November '7, 1891, No. 217,269,) of which the following is a specification.

My present invention has for its object to so improve the riding habit patented by me on January'20, 1891, under No. 444,942, as to render it readily applicable for use with breeches as well as with trousers; to adapt it to existing breeches; and also to so combine it with, or apply it to, these garments that, when the rider is dismounted and the skirt held up, the back of both legs shall be covered, thus causing the skirt to present somewhat the appearance of an ordinary skirt, While providing that, in case of accident, the skirt shall be prevented from catching onto the pommel of the saddle.

In my previous specification above referred to I further stated that, by preference, the skirt was formed of two breadths of material instead of three, as was usual with the skirts of riding habits; but I now find that for carrying my present improvements into effect it is better to employ three breadths of material, although, if the material from which the habit is to be made be wide enough, two breadths may still be used.

Now, for the purposes of my invention, the skirt of the habit, instead of being, as formerly, attached to the side seam of the right leg of the trousers, or of the breeches, is prolonged, and is attached to the inner or leg seam of the right leg of the trousers, or breeches, and to the seat seam, thereby entirely covering the back of the right leg, while allowing perfect freedom to the wearer for walking. By this arrangement the wearer is permitted, when on foot, to lift the front of the habit more freely and to be able to throw it farther backward in order to conceal the division between the legs. Furthermore, by this arrangement the backs of both legs are covered instead of only one, as heretofore.

When my improvements are applied to or combined with, breeches, the skirt of the habit is carried down as far as the tops of the boots of the wearer, so as to entirely cover the breeches; thus, no matter what may be the color of the breeches, these will be hid from view. I

In order that my above set forth improvements may be readily understood, I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is aback View, and Fig. 2 a front View, of my improved riding habit as combined with, or applied to, a pair of breeches, and as it would appear on the wearer when dismounted,'but without being held up. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic or sectional view showing the manner in which the skirt is attached to, or combined with, the breeches.

A is the breeches, a, a, thelegs thereof, and b, the skirt. This skirt is attached to the inner or leg seam cl, of the right leg of the breeches and to the seat seam c, and is carried across and overthe front of both the right and left legs and is attached to the inner or leg seam d, of the left leg, and to the seat seam 0. Thus it will be seen that by this arrangement the back part of both the legs is entirely covered; and that by the use of a third breadth of material the wearer of the habit is enabled to so adjust the skirt of the same as to bring itinto such a position as to effectually conceal the division at back, or, in other words, to conceal the division between the legs of the breeches, or of the trousers.

I claim as my invention:-

A riding habit having a skirt and trousers, the skirt being in front and passing at the sides and to the back of the trousers and its edges fastened to the inner seams of the legs and to the seat seam substantially as specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM SHINGLETON.

Witnesses:

H. ASHLEY NORRIS,

78 F Zeet Street, London. WILMER M. HARRIS,

17 Gracechurch Street, London. 

